Improved cherry-stoner



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE GEEE, oE eALEsEUEe, iLLINors.

IM PROVED CH ERRY-STON ER.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE GEER, of Galesburg, in the county of Knox, and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cherry-Stoners; and do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. In the annexed drawings, forming part of this specication* Figures l and 2 are side views of my invention.

Figure 3 is a front view of the same.

A represents a standard, the lower part of which is provided with a lateral recess, b, and a set-screw, B, the recess and screw forming a clamp, by which the stoner may be secured to the edge of a table or to any suitable fixture. C represents a box or trough, slightly inclined from a horizontal plane, and having its lower or depressed end secured to the upper end of the standard A. The elevated end of the box or trough C is made in circular form, to serve as a receptacle to receive the cherries from a vessel standing near the end of the same. The depressed end of the trough C gradually narrows, so that'the cherries form a single row at the end. D is a rotating octagon carrier or receiver, fastened to the standard A, and held in its place by means of the tapering upright piece G,which acts as a spring against the bottom of the rotating disk D, as seen in Fig. 3. This tapering piece G supports the box or trough F, through which the stones pass into any vessel placed for their reception. M represents a reciprocating cross-piece, with a curved end, I. This crosspiece moves up and down the `standard A, and the lower end of the fork E is attached to the same.` Above the crosspiece` M, and at a convenient distance from the same, to be raised and lowered with it, is a movable stripper, L, which is bent over the top of the standard A, and has a hole in its top, through which the curved end of the fork E moves. The curved end of this fork E has four prongs z', which slightly spread or diverge from each other. Attached to the curved end I of the cross-piece M, is a latch, II, so arranged, that when the cross-piece M is raised, it strikes the rotating receiver D, and turns the same partly around. The machine is turned `by means of a crank, K, in the upper end of the standard A, and which is attached with a movable bar to the crosspiece M.

Theoperation is as follows: The stoner, by

means of the clamp, is secured to the edge of a table or other suitable xture, a receptacle being' placed under the trough F to receive the pits or stones, and a pan placed to receive the pitted or stoned cherries from the revolving receiver D. The vessel containing the cherries to be operated upon, is placed near the elevated end of the box or trough C, so that it may be readily supplied from time to time, as maybe required. The cherries naturally form a single row at the lower end of the trough C, where they are picked up one at a time by the Octagon rotating carrier or receiver D, and carried under the fork E, the stripper L holding the cherry in the recess until the fork rises out of it, then rises to let the pitted cherry pass off and another take its place. The pits or stones of the cherries are by the fork E pushed through the holes in the -recesses of the rotating receiver, and drop into the box or trough F. The crank, K, may be turned with either hand in either direction.

I donot confine myself to any particular material in constructing the within-described device. It may be composed of sheet metal, malleable cast-iron, or of wood and iron combined.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The rotating Octagon carrier or receiver D, made and arranged, and operating substantially as and for the purposes above set forth.

2. The stripper L, arranged with the crosspiece M, and operating substantially as and for the purposes above set forth.

3. The arrangement of the spring G, re

ceiver D, and stone-carrier F, with the fork E, when constructed and operating as specified.

4. The arrangement of the cross-piece M, fork E, and latch H, when constructed and operating as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of April, 1868.

' GEO. GEER. Witnesses: r

E. c. HUNT, M. D. COOKE. 

